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2007-07-13 00:31:35 · 20 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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No, Only MULTIPLICATION allowed.

2007-07-16 00:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by SA 2 · 0 0

Yes.
Thought IS divisible.
Thought is a thing. Being a thing it can be broken up, i.e., DVIDED into any NUMBER of pieces.
What we think to ba a single or ONE thought is actually a compilation, a myriad, i.e. a MULTIPLE of many other thoughts and or ideas that when ADDED together produce another thought and or idea.
Take this forum for example. There will be a number of different and differing responses to your query. You or others will then read the different and differing responses and FORMULATE an EQUATION and SUBTRACT the responses that don't meet the criteria of the voter then ONE is left and that will be the ONE that is voted Best Answer.
Notice the correlation between thought and mathematics?
Thought is not only divisible; it is also able to be added to; subtracted from and multiplied.

2007-07-13 08:30:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

At first it was believed that "atom" was not divisible. But later it was found it can also be divisible. Everything in the world is divisible today or tomorrow. The thought has no exception. Again I say, thought is divisible, arguable, reasonable and destroyable.

2007-07-14 05:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by pkeleti72 2 · 0 0

Do you mean, "Is there a clear, non-arbitrary border between one thought and the next?" Practically speaking, yes. We do this all the time, and it'd be hard to get along without it.

But strictly speaking, I'd say no. Associations flow, and thought is governed by association, sometimes more strictly than at other times. It's what holds thoughts together, the continuity, so we can compare them. That's the point behind the spin doctors' profession - that ideas all have their connotations, which is another way of saying associations. This implies an ultimate indivisibility of thought. If thoughts were not at bottom joined, I don't see how you could relate one to another.

2007-07-13 08:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by strateia8 3 · 0 0

A thought is like a ripple formed by throwing a stone in a calm lake. Is the ripple divisible?.No; it is not so, naturally.It enlarges and finally weakens up and merges with the lake. Thoughts are also like that.

2007-07-13 10:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by Incrdble 2 · 0 0

Understand the nature of 'thought'. It is a product of mind. It is like the water in the river. Intelligence is the banks that guide the water to find its path. Thoughts become very powerful if you try to stop it with a dam on its path. Find the answer with this picture.

2007-07-16 06:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by MyWorld 2 · 0 0

I liked ur question very much....!! Thoughts can be divisible if divide them in a way most conducive to solve ur problems. i mean , think of all the parts of your thoughts and then forge those which are confusing you the most.
Otherwise, thought tend to multiply very easily.....!!

2007-07-13 07:42:07 · answer #7 · answered by Medha S. 1 · 0 0

hiiiiiii
thought is your interpretation about the things which are not visible to others although a thought can be good or bad but nit can never be divisible it as it can be only whole not in parts

2007-07-15 07:01:28 · answer #8 · answered by anki 1 · 0 0

I don't see any reason why not, though I'm not entirely sure what you mean by divisble. When thinking about an issue and trying to resolve it, often you make to break up the thoughts, analyze each piece before you can find a solution.

2007-07-13 07:35:44 · answer #9 · answered by lilykdesign 5 · 1 0

NO - NOT AT ALL!
A thought is not a physical identity and hence not divisible - can you divid air,light,ether,sunlight - it seems yes you can do - but you ultimately are fooling your own self.

2007-07-16 13:59:03 · answer #10 · answered by scorpion 3 · 0 0

No. The parts are discernible for the parts exist a moment before they are conscious content. Discernment after consciousness for a thought is a mirror image of each part, not the parts of thought its self but its copy. This is thought analysis.

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/hl/hlidea.htm#HL3_786a

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/li_terms.htm

2007-07-13 19:48:26 · answer #11 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0 0

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